Gordhan said they’ve been deployed to power stations to deal with the rolling power cuts.

“Our objective is that we don’t any more level 2 load-shedding as much as possible within the next week or two. Between December 15 to January 15, there's lower demand and no load-shedding should be expected and the management must give us assurance that they working towards that particular objective...” he said.

Gordhan added that President Cyril Ramaphosa will soon appoint a task team to help Eskom deal with its operational challenges.